nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> hi, everyone. i'm tamron hall. "the news nation" is following the hillary clinton farewell to the state department. these are live pictures of state department employees waiting for the arrival of secretary clinton. she left the white house just a short time ago after her final day of meetings and will publicly say good-bye to her colleagues at 2:30 eastern time. we'll bring you, of course, her remarks as soon as she starts up. >>> and another developing story. the latest jobs report and the reaction on wall street this made the dow hit the highest point in more than five years. the dow traded above the 14,000 mark for the first time since october, 2007. and this morning, of course, it was a big day and right now the dow is up 151 points. the new january jobs data shows unemployment has ticked up slightly to 7.9%. analysts say it signals more people are confident enough to rejoin the job market. 157,000 jobs were added in january. critical industries like retail and construction, they sa

of thousands of americans who work in national security or education or clean energy not to mention the growth of the entire economy should be put in jeopardy just because folks in washington couldn't come together to eliminate a few special interest tax loopholes or government programs that we agree need some reform. >> our first read team notes that while republicans want to solely talk about the budget the white house does not want to be bogged down on one issue that in the past cost hem political capital. quote, the obama white house wants to overled wa's political circuits to see what it can get through congress without letting congress define what issues get addressed. joining us now kelly o'donnell. our first read team noted the p talking about guns, immigration and today addressing the issue of the sequester. >> reporter: well, there is that sprint in the first year of his second term to try to get as much done as possible. and urgency on all these issues for different reasons. and when it comes to the sequester, the automatic budget cuts, kind of an odd term for what's meant to be aut

is moving on. energy secretary chu says he's leaving. he will stay on until the successor is confirmed. we'll be right back. becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. and for a delicious way to help maintain a healthy weight, try new purina cat chow healthy weight. >>> welcome back. another story developing today. the obama administration provise posed revised rules to be exempt from free contraception as part of the health insurance plans. white house correspondent kristin welker joins us now. we got the heads up from the first read team this is coming down and now official word. what's the proposed change here? >> reporter: well, tamron, the bottom line is that employers now only need to meet one requirement to be considered a religious employer as compared to four. which was the initial proposal so as you pointed out it makes it easier for employ

in terms of the background checks and i think we have seen this energy now on the gun control side that we haven't seen. >> 92% of all americans in favor of a universal background check. nra households, 85%, chris. we have said that number many times. but going back to this group of senators who are working on this deal reportedly, tom coburn, mark kirk, we know his ties to illinois and the chicago area, of course. and chuck schumer and we have seen legislation in new york, even i just saw a report that governor cuomo approval rating took a dip as a result of some people believing he went too far with new legislation in the state but when you look at this group, these four men here, are they the best faces to at least get something moving coming to background checks? set aside legislation on assault weapons. but just on background checks and widely supported. >> i mean, i think it's a good diverse mix in terms of if you will, centrist conservative democrats, moderate democrats. you have conservative republican and gives just in terms of the geography and the politics of the senate, it kind

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